ABSTRACT
Exploring how the ‘best interests of the child’ as a legal concept might be re-articulated to focus on the autonomy rights of the child is the focus of this chapter. It analyses various legal decisions and documents their impact on how to both conceptualise children’s rights and their relationship with digital media. It takes a recent case example from the United States to understand how notions of the ‘wicked’ or ‘immature’ child get in the way of a more nuanced understanding of what it means for a child to have rights with respect to their digital speech.
